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distinct. Calyx nearly an inch and a half long when full grown, acute 

 at the base. The forming fruit an inch and a half long, including the 

 attenuate base. 



Cyrtandra Taitensis (Rich in herb. Expl. Exped., sp. nov.) : 

 fruticosa, "8-10-pedalis," puberula vel glabella, partibus novellis pube 

 minuta sericea subferrugineis ; foliis fere Eequalibus ovatis seu ovato- 

 oblongis acutis vel acuminatis subserratis (6-12-pollicaribus), adultis 

 supra hirtulo-scabridis subtus ad costas prominulas venulasque puberu- 

 lis ; pedunculis petiolo 3- 4-plo longioribus plurifloris ; calyce campanu- 

 lato brevi ad medium quinquefido, lobis ovato-acuminatis ; corolla ses- 

 quipollicari, tubo gracili ; fructu immature elongato-oblongo baud basi 

 attenuato. — Tahiti, in the forest. One specimen is ticketed " Samoa," 

 but as one specimen of the following species is ticketed " Tahiti," a 

 transposition of the loose tickets giay be strongly suspected. Petioles 

 slender, 12 to 18 lines long. Peduncles often thickish, and inclined to 

 be fistulous, 3 to 6 inches long. Cyme appai'ently loose and rather 

 many-flowered, three or four times dichotomous, with a flower in each 

 fork. Coi'oUa white ; the tube narrower and the limb smaller than in 

 the foregoing species. 



Cyrtandra Samoensis (sp. nov.) : frutescens, novellis partibus 

 minutim ferrugineo- vel fulvo-pubescentibus ; foliis ovatis ovalibusque 

 (6- 12-pollicaribus) aequalibus utrinque saspius acutis vel subacuminatis 

 subdentatis vel fere integerrimis, adultis supra glabratis subtus albidis 

 ad costas prominulas venulasque pubescentibus, petiolo (sesqui - quadri- 

 pollicari) cymis plurifloris breve-pedunculatis bis terve longioi'ibus ; 

 calyce tenuiter pubescente a basi 5- (- 6-) partito, segmentis lato-lanceo- 

 latis corolla semipollicari paullo breviore ; fructu breviter ovoideo. — 

 Tutuila, Savaii, and Manua, Samoan Islands, along the coast. A spe- 

 cimen is ticketed "Tahiti," probably through a transposition. This 

 should be compared with C. latifolia, Benth., a Feejean species not 

 yet met Avith in later collections, which, however, has peduncles 2 or 3 

 inches, and the petiole only an inch long. In the present species, the 

 peduncle is half an inch, or at most an inch long, the corymbose or 

 umbel-like cyme about the same length. Forster's C cymosa, from 

 Tanna, as described by Vahl, also has peduncles surpassing the 

 petiole. 



Cyrtandra Richii (sp. nov.) : glabra; caule fruticoso crasso (10- 

 15-pedali) ; foliis amplis (1 -2-pedalibus) membrana^eis lanceolato- 

 oblongis basi attenuatis subintegerrimis utrinque viridibus ; cymis sub- 



